CHICAGO—Brandon Saad grew up in Pittsburgh idolizing Jaromir Jagr, but his hairstyle for the Stanley Cup finals, while possessing many mullet tendencies, is not meant as a tribute to the former Penguins star who now is Saad's opponent with the Boston Bruins.

The lines shaved into Saad's hair above the sideburns are the giveaway. He is emulating Patrick Kane.

"Kaner did it a couple years ago, in the 2010 Cup run and had success," Saad told Sporting News on Wednesday before Game 1. "So, he did it this year and I decided to tag along with him."

Just because Saad is styling his hair like his teammate rather than his idol, it does not dampen his enthusiasm for Jagr's proclamation on Tuesday that the mullet is "gonna come back."

"Jagr, growing up, seeing him with that, I mean, he started it," Saad said. "He did a good job with it, and if he brings it back, I think it would be nice to see."

Saad's current look is more of a proto-mullet, without quite enough party in the back to earn full marks. While his hairstyle is questionable, his playoff beard is not. The 20-year-old puts even some older teammates to shame.

Beards can be the toughest part of the playoffs for a young player to master. Bruins winger Tyler Seguin has made great strides in that department, and it shows.

"Much better," Seguin said of his beard this year compared to the scraggly patches of hair on his face when he was a 19-year-old during the Bruins' championship run two years ago. "I mean, it's still not great, but it's now a beard. I like it."